Future of Java 8 Language Feature Support on Android
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Future of Java 8 Language Feature Support on Android
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Re: Future of Java 8 Language Feature Support on Android
#2Well that was unexpected.
I'm assuming they'll translate bytecode for older API versions? Or will Java 8 only be available for newer API versions?
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Re: Future of Java 8 Language Feature Support on Android
#4Sounds like good news to me, but I'm not sure why this is not getting more attention. Isn't Java 8 support a huge deal for Android, or am I missing something?
Re: Future of Java 8 Language Feature Support on Android
#5This looks to be "language features" only - so, lambdas, but no Java 8 APIs. Optionals, streams, etc are not included.
...I hope they fix IntelliJ's default suggestions, which try to turn all of your loops into `.stream()` calls!
Re: Future of Java 8 Language Feature Support on Android
#6Sounds like good news to me, but I'm not sure why this is not getting more attention. Isn't Java 8 support a huge deal for Android, or am I missing something?
They already had something called Jack that let you use java>6 features. It just didn't integrate as well with some parts of the android ecosystem
Re: Future of Java 8 Language Feature Support on Android
#7This looks to be "language features" only - so, lambdas, but no Java 8 APIs. Optionals, streams, etc are not included. ...I hope they fix IntelliJ's default suggestions, which try to turn all of your loops into `.stream()` calls!
You can turn that on and off in the settings in IntelliJ already, and it only enables that suggestion if you're using a Java 8 JDK.
If it is suggesting it on a correctly configured Android project, I suspect you found a bug.
Re: Future of Java 8 Language Feature Support on Android
#8This looks to be "language features" only - so, lambdas, but no Java 8 APIs. Optionals, streams, etc are not included. ...I hope they fix IntelliJ's default suggestions, which try to turn all of your loops into `.stream()` calls!
Just turn them off or use Android Studio, which I believe still has sane defaults. Help file on this: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/2016.3/disabling-and-ena...
Also, if looking for APIs, and willing to risk having to tweak code later, there are a few "polyfills". For example: https://www.google.ca/amp/s/barta.me/enable-java-8-features-...
Re: Future of Java 8 Language Feature Support on Android
#9Sounds like good news to me, but I'm not sure why this is not getting more attention. Isn't Java 8 support a huge deal for Android, or am I missing something?
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Re: Future of Java 8 Language Feature Support on Android
#10The possibility of running Scala >=2.12 (or any other language that is committed to Java 8[1]) on Android seems even more remote now. Jack+Jill at least promised a way of running Java 8 bytecode on Android[2]. What now? Is Java source code going to be the only common currency between the Java 8 and Android ecosystems?
[1] https://www.scala-lang.org/download/#Software_Requirements
[2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35958814/how-jack-java-an...